Laos

La·os  (lous, ls) A country of southeast Asia. Originally part of the Khmer Empire, the region became a powerful Lao kingdom (14th-15th century) and was later incorporated into French Indochina in 1893. Laos gained its independence in 1953, but a Communist uprising soon drew the country into a civil war, and a Communist state was established in 1975. Vientiane is the capital and the largest city. Population: 6,520,000.

Laos

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Laos - a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949 Lao People's Democratic Republic ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam capital of Laos, Laotian capital, Vientiane - the capital and largest city of Laos Mekong, Mekong River - an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea Lao, Laotian - a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais

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Laos [laus] n → Laos m

Laos [laus] n → Laos m

Laos [laus] n → Laos nt

Laos [lauz] n → Laos m